[ExI] Does anybody still think a US dictatorship is impossible?

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Does anybody still think a US dictatorship is impossible?

 

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 5:30 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> I'm hearing the order is "dead on arrival" - parts of it order things he doesn't have authority to order

 

When dictators destroy democracies they never have the authority to do so, but they do so anyway, and I have little confidence Trump's judges on the Supreme Court will do the right thing, much less the US  Senate. So who's going to stop him?

 

 John K Clark

 

 

The constitution will stop him.  But that isn’t necessary, as he didn’t actually start anything.  An executive order doesn’t apply to FaceBook or Twitter: they don’t work for the government.

 

John aren’t you glad we have a constitution?

 

spike

 

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